Mark Ramprakash
Mark Ravin Ramprakash
Born: 5 September 1969, Bushey, Hertfordshire
Major Teams: Middlesex, Surrey, England.
Known As: Mark Ramprakash
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Test Debut: England v West Indies at Leeds, 1st Test, 1991
Latest Test: England v New Zealand at Auckland, 3rd Test, 2001/02
ODI Debut: England v West Indies at Manchester, Texaco Trophy, 1991
Latest ODI: England v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 5th ODI, 2001/02
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 30/03/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 52 92 6 2350 154 27.32 36.18 2 12 39 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 149.1 16 477 4 119.25 1-2 0 0 223.7 3.19
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 13/10/2001)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 18 18 4 376 51 26.85 69.11 0 1 8 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 22 0 108 4 27.00 3-28 0 0 33.0 4.90
FIRST-CLASS
(1987 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 325 537 66 21779 235 46.23 60 108 187 0
O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 650.1 2064 32 64.50 3-32 0 0 121.9 3.17
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1987 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 309 299 49 9684 147* 38.73 9 63 107 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 263 1194 44 27.13 5-38 0 1 35.8 4.53
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Born in Hertfordshire in 1969, of a British mother and Guyanese father, Mark
Ramprakash has been a prolific batsman throughout his career, except at
international level.
Although he didn't take up the game until he was nine, he soon came to
the attention of county youth coaches. He represented Bessborough CC aged
just 13, hit 204* in the National Cricket Association Guernsey Festival of
1985, and played for Middlesex second XI aged 16. Ramprakash was chosen for
the Young England tour of Sri Lanka in 1986/87, where he scored 118 in the
final "Test" in Galle. He made his Middlesex debut in 1987, scoring an
unbeaten 63 against Yorkshire, and although school work reduced his
availability, his progress continued. In 1988, making his debut in the
NatWest Trophy in the final of the competition, he rescued Middlesex from
25-4 with a 56 that won him the man-of-the-match award, and his team the
Trophy. He captained Young England against New Zealand in 1989, and after
excellent progress in domestic cricket during 1990, during which he was
awarded his county cap, he was selected for the A Tour of Pakistan and Sri
Lanka in 1990-91, during which he struck 158 against Sri Lanka in Kandy.
Ramprakash made his Test debut against the West Indies in 1991, the year
he won the Cricket Writers' Young Cricketer of the Year award, batting
bravely on a difficult Headingley pitch as England beat the West Indies in
England for the first time in 22 years. He fielded brilliantly throughout
the series, but although hard to dislodge, he couldn't pass 27 in any
innings. It led to inconsistency of selection; he was continually dropped
and recalled, with insecurity resulting. An orthodox and brilliant
strokeplayer at first-class level, he often appears withdrawn and strokeless
in Tests.
An intense individual, anxious to succeed and frustrated by his
continued failure to achieve Test success, Ramprakash has brushed with
authority at times. Bursts of temper against a spectator at Uxbridge, and a
university player at Fenner's, and a poor series against Pakistan in 1992
resulted in his omission for the winter tour, even though he'd been awarded
a £15,000 winter contract. Recalled for the final Test in 1993 at the last
minute, Ramprakash took his chance well, hitting his first Test 50 against
Australia at The Oval. It was enough to win selection for the Caribbean tour
which followed, but he failed repeatedly with the bat. Called up to replace
Hick in Australia on the 1994-95 Ashes tour, he hit 72 and 42 in his only
Test at Perth.
Ramprakash started both the West Indian series (at home) and the South
African series (away) in the Test side, but both times was dropped after the
first two Tests had brought few runs. But he then proved impossible for the
selectors to ignore with 2258 runs (including 235 v Yorkshire at Leeds) in
the 1995 summer. He finally hit a Test century, 154, at Bridgetown in March
1998, and the hope was that the floodgates would now open. Certainly he
became more consistent (averaging 31.12 against South Africa, 47.37 for the
Ashes series of 1998-99 and hitting 95 in two innings against Sri Lanka),
though the big scores would not come.
Appointed Middlesex captain at the start of 1997, he relinquished the
position at the end of 1999, citing the pressure of his benefit season
(2000) as a major factor in his decision. Scapegoated, in the view of many,
for the failures of the English side against New Zealand in 1999, Ramprakash
was omitted from the tour of South Africa. He began the following domestic
season opening the batting for Middlesex as England tried to kill two birds
with one stone - find a reliable opening partner for Atherton, and utilise
Ramprakash's mercurial talents. The experiment was short-lived and
unsuccessful. Ramprakash was again dropped from the Test team, returned to
the middle order for Middlesex and resumed normal service, scoring heavily
to finish the season with a Championship average of over 60. After being
given an early release from his Middlesex contract, Ramprakash signed a
three-year contract with Surrey in February 2001.
The move to Surrey soon proved beneficial. A spate of injuries in the
England camp combined with Ramprakash's own form to secure a further
international recall. His partnership with Mark Butcher in the second
innings of the second Ashes Test at Lord's was one of the few of substance
for England in the series, and Ramprakash's 40 was enough to retain his
place. Although he was widely criticised for the manner of his second
innings dismissal at Trent Bridge (he gave Warne the charge when on 26,
precipitating a collapse), he made useful contributions at Headingley,
staying with the effervescent Mark Butcher for long enough in the second
innings to ensure a remarkable England win. At his newly-adopted home ground
in the final Test he shone like a beacon, scoring his second Test hundred
(133), his first at home and his first against Australia.
Although Ramprakash played throughout both winter Test series in India
and New Zealand, he did not enhance his reputation. Although he usually got
a start, he managed just one 50 in ten innings. He made the ODI tour to
Zimbabwe, but was not selected for the India or New Zealand one-day series.
After being passed over for a central contract, he played no international
cricket in the summer of 2002 and was omitted from all the winter touring
squads. Despite his continuing success at county level, Ramprakash's
chequered international career looked to be at an end. (Copyright CricInfo
October 2002)
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